Mehbooba Mufti , Jammu and Kashmir's chief minister, said of the killing: "The Jammu and Kashmir Police are showing maximum restraint when dealing with their own people, but for how long?" Quoting preliminary investigation, the police chief s... More..

Other Republicans appeared more willing to embrace it. Senator Bill Cassidy, who is still studying the proposal and has not yet decided how he will vote, said in several television interviews it was a goo...More..

By avoiding the question of Trump's motive for banning the travelers, the 9th Circuit avoided a thorny issue about whether courts should consider the president's campaign-trail statements. "Well, as predicted, ...More..

South Korean President Moon Jae-in watched the test-firing of a home-grown missile with a range of 800 kilometers Friday, also sending a strong warning to North Korea and its evolving missile provocations. On...More..

The WTF had been referred to as such since it was founded in 1973 but, according to a BBC report , the " negative connotations " of what we all know WTF to stand for in this new "digital age" has prompted them...More..

Donnie Rowe , left, and Ricky Dubose are pictured in photos initially released by the Department of Corrections after their escape . Both inmates were serving time for armed robbery and other crimes. Whe...More..

The transition official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss post-election decisions publicly. A spokesman for Trump's private attorney declined to respond to detai...More..

In the last such vote held in 2012 , the island had voted in favour for statehood but the results were not taken into account and no action based on it was initiated. The referendum was Puerto Rico's fifth suc...More..

Thani commented on possible consequences of the blockade against Qatar. "Qatar will realise that this is a new state of affairs and isolation can last years". "There's very few Qatari companies doing business...More..

Scott Pruitt , a friend of the oil industry who is sceptical about man-made climate change and was Trump's controversial choice to head the US Environmental Protection Agency , attended the meeting but was due...More..

The House Intelligence Committee also held a hearing Wednesday to examine the Russian interference in the 2016 election . Regardless of what he finds, there's no doubt that security relating to the 2018 mid-te...More..

He was in the decent twice in the landmark ObamaCare cases, and even tried to bring back Chief Justice John Roberts , who both times rewrote the law to upheld it. Earlier in the day Gorsuch, 49, was sworn ...More..

The South Korean leader is set to hold a first summit meeting with his USA counterpart Donald Trump in Washington next week, with the threat posed by North Korea set to feature high on their agenda. One idea ...More..

Additionally, critics argue Trump's executive order will likely not have adequate funding to succeed because the president has already pushed for slashing federal job training funding in half. "That's when ...More..

Mr Osborne said his uncle was "not a racist" and said he had never expressed any racist views. Reports said he had gone drinking at his local pub on Saturday night, before being thrown out for a threatening r...More..

On several occasions in recent weeks, warplanes of the US -led coalition have also struck pro-government forces to prevent them from advancing in the region. The larger problem, the officials and analysts said,...More..

Mr. Johnson added speculation to the ongoing scrutiny of fired FBI Director James B. Comey when he questioned the time delay between when the DNC and FBI first discussed Russian hacking - and when his depa...More..

The 18-year-old goalkeeper is now in Poland, as Italy will play Spain in the European Under-21 Championship semi-final on Tuesday. Now I have in my mind the national team, with which I hope to give a gift to al...More..

He explained that he "did not rule out", that the fire, which began at around 21:30 local time, had been started deliberately at a time when winds of up to 60 kilometers an hour and "high temperatures", had mad...More..

But the draft of the health care bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released on Thursday includes steep cuts to Medicaid , aiming to phase out the federal funding implemented under Obamacare for s...More..

The attack on Sunday was the first missile launch by Iran outside its own territory in 30 years, since the Iran-Iraq war which ran from 1980 to 88, media in the Islamic republic reported . officials previous...More..

The blaze quickly grew to more than 800 acres by 3:30 p.m., fed by tinder-dry brush and driven by winds amid triple-digit heat. The flames jumped the Sierra Highway around 1:15 p.m. Mandatory evacuations are ...More..

Bhagwat, however, didn't show any interest whereas Swaminathan chose not to react. Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts, the main Opposition parties continued to fume. "There will be a contest",...More..

These Gulf nations were later joined by Libya, Yemen, the Maldives, Mauritius and Mauritania, with Jordan and Djibouti announcing they would lower the level of diplomatic contacts with Qatar. This includes Sau...More..

They're also calling charges the 22-year-old was beaten into a coma "groundless". South Korean President Moon Jae-in said in an interview with CBS television earlier this week that it was clear North Kor...More..